Documents / FOIA release
This is Volume II, Part 1 of the CIA History Staff's Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation, a Top Secret history dated October 1979 and approved for release in July 2011. It looks at how the Agency took part in shaping US foreign policy toward Guatemala and Nicaragua during the anti-Castro program. It covers dealings with President Ydigoras Fuentes and Roberto Alejos, training sites such as Retalhuleu, cover stories, and negotiations with the Somoza brothers for an air base and port. It contains no UFO material.
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It is the opinion of the writer that guidance must be passed to Holloway by Headquarters in line with Somoza'squery in order that I Iwill be properly informed and prepared to answer Somoza's questioning on this matter. This query is certain to arise again from time to time until a satisfactory reply is given to Somoza. §..I* Napoli also indicated that: The Acting Chief of the US Embassy further said that inasmuch as he had no instructions or prior notice of the mission, plus the fact that only the US Ambassador to Nicaragua was authorized to sit in talks, he would prefer to remain clear of * The Department of State representatives in the foreign areas which were the sites of JMATE operations frequently got quite goosey, particularly those of less than ambassadorial ranks. In this instance, for ex- ample, [ _noted in his transmi ttal: The aspect of urgency which brought Napoli to Managua has given the Acting Chief of the American Embassy the impres- sion that we might be operating on a non- coordinated, uncontrolled, free wheeling basis ... particularl since Na oli was . IIh as ~o~n~e~m=u=-:;;:c=-·tC:-:o:;:--o=v=-::e=-=r=-:c;::-o;::-m=~e:--::p=-:a;:-s=t----=a:--=d"-m=-l~·n i s~i ve resistance here and improve the relation- ship of this office with the rest of State, the cooperation of which we need. It is incumbent upon the Agency that the American _Ambassador be thoroughly briefed while he is in the United States on the circumstances of Napoli's visit to insure no future con- flict of interests and continued main- tenance of rapport. 21 - 104 - TO;&CRET
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 179 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.